The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 3 saves does not settle it either way.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Aduana Stars go through and Bechem United go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces11 Oct 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 28 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Richard Dwamena has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Bechem United know, and have known for weeks.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
The shirt still fits. Ernest Owusu is back at Bechem United, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
The shirt still fits. Amos Partey is back at Bechem United, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Baba Moro Abdulai leaves Bechem United the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Emmanuel Abban and Bechem United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Abdul Amoah is 19, and Bechem United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
The name of Dennis Votere has come up in conversations Bechem United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Afranie and Bechem United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
12 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dennis Votere has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bechem United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bechem United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bechem United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A new face in his position, and Kofi Tompuo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Bechem United have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bechem United has been clear about where Dennis Votere stands, which is more than many ever get.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bechem United, and 5 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bechem United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Emmanuel Abban has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bechem United, and 5 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Bechem United can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bechem United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bechem United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“I did not go to Berekum Chelsea to sit and watch. I want to come back to Bechem United and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Wa All Stars defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bechem United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Okrah and Bechem United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“I did not go to Berekum Chelsea to sit and watch. I want to come back to Bechem United and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Kabu Agyemang Raymond will call it something else in private.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Bechem United spent the window trying to move Adams Sanut on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Isaiah Nyarko
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bechem United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A new face in his position, and Frank Amankwah suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Bechem United have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Bechem United have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Bechem United can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Bechem United
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bechem United, and 13 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
Boardroom$99.9K taken back off the Bechem United table
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
97% of the income goes out in wages at Bechem United
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Abdul Razak Alhassan has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Bechem United know, and have known for weeks.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bechem United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“I did not go to New Edubiase United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Bechem United and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Berekum Chelsea go through and Bechem United go home, 0-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 33 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bechem United, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 33 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
The deal that would have taken Foster Sakitey to Inter Allies has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Bechem United with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 4 saves does not settle it either way.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
He is 15, and nobody at Bechem United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
$200.0K is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
The fee is $40.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. BA All Stars drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kabu Agyemang Raymond and Bechem United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bechem United has been clear about where Charles Owusu stands, which is more than many ever get.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bechem United can pretend not to have heard.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Okrah and Bechem United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bechem United has been clear about where Baba Moro Abdulai stands, which is more than many ever get.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bechem United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.